Interesting China Facts
From the long history to successive culture, delicious food, Kung fu, panda, magnificent landscape... China has it all! Here are some interesting and amazing facts about this country, which give a quick glance of the various cultures and lifestyles followed out here.
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Chinese Calligraphy
Calligraphy, as a common noun, refers to beautiful handwriting with which to express one's ideas. There are few countries like China which regard calligraphy as a form of art, and that is why calligraphy is generally used to refer to Chinese calligraphy.Chinese...
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Chinese Paper Cutting
The attraction of the traditional Chinese folk art of papercutting may lie in its apparent simplicity: a typical papercut requires no paints or brushes, only an ordinary pair of scissors or a knife, and a single sheet of paper. As the use of paper became well estab...
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Traditional Chinese Paintings
The roots of traditional Chinese painting can be traced back to paintings on Neolithic pottery, such as figures of fish, frogs, deer, birds, flowers, tree leaves and dances, 6000-7000 years old. The earliest Chinese characters were pictographs. Since similar tools...
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Chongyang Festival
The Chongyang Festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, so it is also known as the Double Ninth Festival. The festival is based on the theory of Yin and Yang, the two opposing principles in nature. Yin is feminine, negative...
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Mid-Autumn Festival
One of the most important Chinese festivals is the Mid-Autumn Festival (aka Moon Festival or Moon Cake Festival among the English speakers). Chinese ancestors believed that the seventh, eighth, and ninth lunar months belong to autumn. So the Mid-Autumn...
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Dragon Boat Festival
As we enter the month of June, we find ourselves already in the middle of the year. However, according to the Chinese lunar calendar, the fifth month just begins and the Chinese people are preparing to celebrate another traditional festival-the Dragon Boat Festival...
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Qingming Festival
Qing Ming Festival, also called Pure Brightness Day and Tomb Sweeping Day. It comes around April 5 every year. Qingming, meaning clear and bright, is the day for mourning the dead. This was originally a day set aside for people to offer sacrifices to their ancestor...
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Lantern Festival
Lantern Festival or Yuanxiao Jie is a traditional Chinese festival, which is fall on the 15th of the first month of the Chinese New Year. It is the last day of two weeks long Chinese New Year celebration. Yuan literally means first, while Xiao refers to night....